http://sultanknish.blogspot.com/ The chaos in Egypt has brought forth pious praises of democracy. “So what if the Muslim Brotherhood seizes power,” the pundits ask, “as long as there are democratic elections.” But what is the virtue of democracy anyway? The one fundamental virtue of democracy is that it is the widest possible means of distributing power […]
http://www.steynonline.com/content/view/3680/128/ I fought the thought police, and I won Final thought: We could do with some courage on this side of the Atlantic, too, where the pressure to shrivel the bounds of public discourse to an ever narrower conformist pap is (for the moment) less statist but just as relentless. The latest European heresy trial ended yesterday […]
Radical Islam or Mainstream Islam?By Dave Gaubatz http://www.americanthinker.com/printpage/?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/02/radical_islam_or_mainstream_is.html Radical Islam. What does this mean? Does it mean that there are a few Muslims who take Islam to the extreme and cause violence throughout the world? In order for innocent people and countries to combat the threat of violent Islamic Jihad, we have to redefine “Radical […]
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703445904576118502819408990.html?mod=WSJ_hp_LEFTTopStories How Cairo, U.S. Were Blindsided by Revolution By CHARLES LEVINSON, MARGARET COKER And JAY SOLOMON IS THAT WHAT YOU CALL IT BLINDSIDED? HARDLY…THEY WERE DELIBERATELY IGNORING THE ASCENT OF RADICAL ISLAM AND PINNING ALL THEIR HOPES FOR MIDEAST STABILITY ON “THE PEACE PROCESS” AS IF THE DISPOSITION OF 2200 SQUARE MILES OF WEST BANK […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/1/piven-fiery-and-fearful/ VADUM: Piven: Fiery and fearful Socialist advocate for mob violence complains she is target By Matthew Vadum Matthew Vadum is a senior editor at Capital Research Center. His book on ACORN’s infiltration of the Obama administration will be published midyear. If you promote violent leftist insurrection for a living, should you be surprised when anonymous members of […]
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/1/gop-senators-force-vote-on-health-law-repeal/ SEAN LENGELL Senate Republicans have forced a vote on repealing the health care reform law, an action Democrats say is a waste of time that will end in defeat. Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, on Tuesday offered the repeal measure as an amendment to an aviation safety bill under debate. He said he […]
http://daphneanson.blogspot.com/ Wednesday, 2 February 2011 What Al Beeb’s Jeremy Bowen Doesn’t Tell You About the Muslim Brotherhood The BBC’s unfit-for-purpose Middle East editor Jeremy Bowen – he of the perpetual world-weary (or is that just Israel-weary?) tone and scowl, and a constant anti-Israel spin on things – has demonstrated a ridiculous and quite scandalous degree […]
http://www.spectator.co.uk/melaniephillips/6664620/denial-is-a-river-in-dc.thtml It is still possible that the military will stabilise the situation in Egypt and defuse the revolt, keeping the Muslim Brotherhood out of office. Whether or not that happens, the astonishing fact is that the Obama administration has said it will accept the Brotherhood in Egypt’s government. Rub your eyes. The Brotherhood is at […]
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=206297 ‘After Egypt, US must tell allies it won’t abandon them’ By HERB KEINON Exclusive to ‘Post’: Possible presidential candidate Mike Huckabee says land for peace in Israeli-Palestinian conflict is “not rational.” The US needs to assure its allies that it won’t walk away from them when the going gets tough, former Arkansas governor Mike […]
http://shmuelkatz.com/wordpress/?p=583&Source=email This entry was posted on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 The Hollow Peace By David Isaac America’s Natural Allies? “In contrast to previous days in the uprising, which were dominated by the young, the demonstrations Monday included a more obvious contingent of older, disciplined protesters and members of the Muslim Brotherhood. The Islamist organization, outlawed […]
